| Imagine receiving boxes of books from the | | | | sparkling prose. When you read your manuscript |
| printer or publisher only to discover a glaring typo. | | | | backwards, your book becomes just a collection |
| After countless hours of editing, revising, and | | | | of words, and those mistakes literally jump off |
| proofing, how did it get by? | | | | the page. |
| No matter what editing procedures you | | | | 4 - Read your manuscript out loud. |
| undertake, mistakes can happen. So how do you | | | | When you are forced to say the words out loud, |
| prevent errors before they wind up in your book? | | | | your brain is forced to slow down and |
| Read on... | | | | concentrate on the material. Bonus - you may |
| 1 - Employ an editing service. | | | | discover stumbling blocks like awkward sentence |
| The most common mistakes are minor, for | | | | structures and choppy dialogue. |
| example incorrect word use (their, they're, there) | | | | 5 - Use the right kind of publisher. |
| and simple misspellings. | | | | What do you do when that 5,000 print run costs |
| 2 - Get a second (and third) set of eyes. | | | | $10,000 and features a grave error that cannot |
| Even if you don't wish to pay a professional, | | | | be dismissed? Your best recourse upon |
| anyone who reviews your document will find | | | | discovering an error is typically a sticker and a |
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